3x06 Ragnarok

It takes a lot of great work to be able to turn the "It was all a dream" gimmick into anything but shit. Big failure here.

Not only does it instantly destroys the whole concept and interesting part of the show, it is clearly not even thought through.

We get Ragnarok as it should have happened. As a slowed down sequence of individual kills in a dark but empty atmosphere. It's a bit lame, but it looks ok, and I guess there's not much more that could have been done, it's not like it was a high budget show. However it sadly does not take into account the main concept. This is just some empty sequences of the characters uncaring the gods/giants and recreating Ragnarok as it should have happened, out of space, out of time. The main interest of the show was how to translate this in modern day and events, this is totally abandoned here.

Of course, it does not happen, it was all in Magne's head. However the rest of the episode is strongly suggesting that everything else was also in his head.

The maybe two things that would make more sense in this view is the way Wotan just inducted new gods just like that. It would be just Magne introducing people that hanged around more in his fantasy, and Magne's Mjolnir's obsession, with the gods trying to help him overcome that being people trying to bring him to reality.

What could have been is Ran's psy session where she accurately describes a mentally ill Magne threatening her family. However she also describes there how she almost killed her daughter.

Otherwise what about absolutely everything we've seen where Magne was not involved ? Mainly the Jutuls internal strife and Laurits with the snake. Also Magne did have some real physical changes. Isolde is dead (though that might have been an accident starting Magne's fantasy), Vidar is too. And there's a kid that ended with an arrow in the eye, how would that happen ?

Now for the more ridiculous stuff: Was he going around with a toy hammer ? Was he threatening the Jutuls with that ? What about the whole forging of it with everyone involved ? If he was just a lunatic threatening the Jutuls with a toy hammer, why would Saxa seduce him ?

It also forgets a lot of things, specially seeing Fjor as a part of their friendly gang ?? How come ? When was he ever ? And isn't his girlfriend a bit old to hang with kids ? And more importantly did we forget that he actually killed several people ?

The worst thing is that, in itself, the episode is not that bad, neither is the ending. It's just that it takes a huge dump on the whole show.

After an incredibly disappointing episode 5 in which the Gods and Giants just lay their weapons down and play patty cake with one another in comes this visually stunning (the best of the 3 seasons) and emotional finale both depicting Ragnorok (what the series is named after!) and the young highschool students we follow all grown up and how the adults in their lives both had a part in them maturing but also their pride in seeing it happen.

I can understand some peoples disappointment in how they went out of the box for this one but myself personally I loved how they incorporated both the Thor/Ragnorok and the coming of age storylines not only doing away with the peace BS from episode 5 but also tying in everything that happened from season 1 episode 1 and on into one tidy little package. When Turid was talking about driving back to Edda it literally brought back memories of episode 1 and how I laughed at myself watching a Norwegian show dubbed in English, thought it was a parody of Scandanavian people like the Swedish chef in the muppets, but also how I was instantly captivated by the entire thing and couldn't wait to see where it led to next lol

I mean, after all it's not like they faded to black or something...